Denbighshire

American  

[den-bee-sheer, -sher] / ˈdɛn biˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

1. a county in northern Wales. 326 sq. mi. (844 sq. km).

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Denbighshire British  

/ ˈdɛnbɪˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Denbighshire

From Welsh Dinbych + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

It would be based around the existing Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and would stretch from the Denbighshire coastal town of Prestatyn to Nant-y-dugoed - about 20 miles west of Welshpool, Powys.

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Alwen Davies, 46, from Denbighshire, was diagnosed with moderate ME in 2023.

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Ross and Jill Darbyshire from Rhewl, near Llangollen in Denbighshire, said on 28 January they heard a huge noise at the back of the property and later noticed cracks in the sheer slate bedrock.

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Angela Shellis, 45, from Prestatyn, Denbighshire, was found dead near the town's Morfa nature reserve on 24 October.

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Howard Parry, 79, said his home, and a neighbouring property, near Llanelidan, Denbighshire, lost all broadband connection on 6 December.

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